U+9965 "饥" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+9965 "饥" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "hunger" or "famine," often used in contexts relating to starvation or a lack of food. It is composed of the radical "饣" (simplified form of "食," meaning food) on the left, indicating its semantic connection to eating, and the phonetic component "几" on the right, which contributes to its pronunciation (jī in Mandarin). This character appears in classical and modern Chinese texts, as well as in other East Asian languages like Japanese and Korean, where it similarly conveys the concept of being hungry or experiencing a food shortage.